1 Maccabees 14:39-41

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³⁹ made him one of his Friends, and paid him high honours. ⁴⁰ For he had heard that the Jews were addressed by the Romans as friends and allies and brothers, and that the Romans^[a] had received the envoys of Simon with honour.

⁴¹ ‘The Jews and their priests have resolved that Simon should be their leader and high priest for ever, until a trustworthy prophet should arise,